Saturday, December 2, 2006

Comedy in the Muslim World

Just rented and saw Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World. Kinda funny. Probably the best part is the self-criticism ("You gotta understand your audience," "Maybe some comedians work that way") and the part where he sneaks across the border and a bunch of Muslims stoned on hashish respond like an American audience to an act he bombed in front of the Hindu audience, and the part where it started a little war between Pakistan and India. Most of the time though, it was too subtle. When you figure it out it's like a "oh, how witty of him" and then you feel clever and sophisticated for understanding it. Leaves little room for real laughter.

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